Boeken Entices a Bold Call
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The board read
and Lemos sat back in his chair with his arms folded, pondering a call for most of his chips. The clock was called by another player at the table, prompting Thomas Kremser to join the mob and initiate a countdown.
"Just throw it away. I've got you," Boeken needled.
"At the end of the countdown, the hand will be killed," Kremser said.
"5 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . . 2. . . 1 . . . . ."
"Call!" snapped Lemos, with one second left on the clock. Boeken quickly flipped over the
for a flush and Lemos angrily mucked his hand."Turn them up," Kremser instructed the dealer, who revealed Lemos' hand - the
.The hand left Lemos with just 4,500 chips while Boeken doubled through to roughly 80,000.